Pep Guardiola enjoyed a rare middle part in front of a television looking Champions LeagueMarveling action on Anfield and Drama in Madrid. A problem for Manchester City The manager is that he can be an unwanted view of his immediate future. He could have too much free Tuesday and Wednesday in the evening next season. For the first time in 15 years, the Champions League cannot contain a city.
The sixth founder ended as it started, with the city with one point in front BrightonI cling to the fifth place. What – Thank you more European exploits of others from the cities themselves – will almost certainly be enough. And yet, with the city, it is lacking certificate and consistency, there is a precious little certainty that will remain there.
It will drop to the wire. “Goodbye, I think so,” Guardiola said. “Nine games, nine finals.” His analysis was in the first dead deadline and then realistic. “I’m always sure,” he added. “I’m the master. I find the positivity in everything. I know it will be hard.” So Albion has proven.
Even as the city could beat Brighton, unmarked Nico Gonzalez title Ilkay GundoganAnti-Ponda and, in bizarre fashion, when Kevin de BruyneThe free blow hit the German back, they were probably sparkling that they lost, suffering from 16. defeat in 31 matches. Brighton had never avoided defeat in Etihad before; The breakthrough score can be a further sign of the city range. “That’s the fact that we won the first point, but the more disappointing feeling we didn’t go home with three points,” the manager said Fabian Hurzeler.
The seventh straight victory in 2025 was agonized near: When Cross Diego Gomez went through Yankuba Minteho legs, when the extremely unmarked Carlosa Baleb was removed. They could think at the moment only before halftime when Joao Pedro was prelalled and shot. Hurzeler’s cavalirs had courage, but insufficient ruthless. However, they pointed out the weak these city side, giving the game anarchical feeling. It was the antithesis of a top guardian; Good for neutral, less for heart beats. Ultimately he was in a distrustful, but convincing in a chaotic way.
“Everyone feels pressure,” Guardiola said, including a crowd as well as players. For the city, the shooters offered reasons for believing that they would see a lot of challengers for the fourth and fifth place. Erling Haaland He reached 100 prime league faster than before anyone before, in just 94 games. “Not bad,” Guardiola smiled. Omar Marmoush won a penalty penalty in style, the largest department in January signing which suggests £ 59m will help buy the share of champion revenues. “Omar was really good,” he added his manager. The fall is that the city needs that firepower when they carry reception. Now they have released in 40 league goals this season; The mystery was as Brighton scored only two.
It was open and fun, Guardiol contributed by playing with two hitches and two attackers. In return, it meant that the city was missing the control in the binding field. Some of the Defigulation of Guardiola began on the bench, in De Bruyn and Bernardo Silva. Gundogan began, he received help, but offered Brighton free rein in the middle of the field. The guardian side cut open time and again, Bright’s fearlessness and fast wings borrow a constant threat, and even when Silva was sent to try again to try the tide, rejected again.
Marmoush played near Haaland, almost like another attacker, and their double rank delivered a breakthrough. Norwegian found Egypt, who cheated Adam Webster With an acutely turn, Brighton Defender glides to send ahead that flies. Haaland turned the sentence for his 29. the goal of the season.
Only the previous city’s goals of Marmoush were his 14-minute hat against Newcastle. His fourth city target came when he hit a 20-meter footage, a low backward by Dari Bart Verbruggen less than a chance as he flew next to him.
Still, Brighton was the first to find a network – Still Kaoru MitomaThe efforts are chalked after he dragged him with his hand – and replied twice after he went out behind. The Pervissanana’s free blow entered the end post and the Stefan Ortega responded that the Ecuador was scored by his first goal in the season. It was a moment when the city may have missed the injured Ederson. City contributed to an albion other equalization in a different way. Webster won a stuck from the corner and Hinshelwood’s shot on the curves refuses out of the tuned Abducodir Khusanov. “More enclosures,” Hurzeler said. “But we showed impressive performance, played in our style and showed that we can compete with any team in the league.”
This competitiveness has expanded to talk to the touchline. Guardiola launched in Paean for the Hurzeler Predecesore, and then, a damn 32-year-old with a weak praise, added: “Fabian is doing a good job.”
Master and trainee made for a contrasting couple. Guardiola tried to dress like she was younger than Hurzeler. He may have tried to illustrate that he wasn’t a man yesterday: German was still in school when he first won the Champions League. For Guardiola, however, the challenge is to ensure that even in the competition next season.